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Hello, welcome to Catholic Saints. My name is Mary McGeehan. I am joined with Dr. Chris Mooney. Thank you for joining us.

Thanks, Mary. Thanks for having me.

It's a joy to learn from you here at the Guston Institute. We are going to talk about another life of the saint today.

We're going to focus on St. Elizabeth and Seton. Her feast day is January 4th. And we were just

mentioning how she is such a well-known name. So many people know of her, at least her name,

but sometimes we don't actually know her story or where she came from her, what, you know,

what impact she made. So where should we start about Elizabeth?

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing because she's a remarkable saint.

So there's so many things that we could say about her.

And I think this is one reason why she's so well known.

She is the first U.S. citizen to become a saint.

She founded the country's first Catholic girl school and the first American congregation of religious sisters, which still exists today. The sisters at charity.

She is, I was kind of struck by all the things that she's known as the patron saint of. Patron saint of Catholic schools, patron saint of winnows, patron saint of the loss of parents and patron saint of the loss of children.

Patron saint of people who are ridiculed for their piety.

Patron saint of people who have in-law problems.

Really?

And it's because, as I think people will hopefully can get a taste of, you know,

listening to this, she lived a remarkable life.

But one of the things that I'm drawn to that I think,

at least I would,

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